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Old Californio
12+ albums
americanaindiefolk rockCaliforniacosmic
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Along The Cosmic Grass (2006) Westering Again (2009) Rarities 2002-2010: First Incarnations, Alternate Takes & Live Cuts (2011) Sundrunk Angels (2011) A few years ago, Old Californio self-released their debut album, Along The Cosmic Grass. It was an effortlessly charming album, clearly grounded in a quintessentially West Coast California musical tradition that combines the very best in folk and rock and country. Alas, too few actually got the chance to hear that album, even as the band were drawing relatively large crowds to their frequent L.A. area gigs. Sometimes the best things just go unheard, unless you're lucky enough to stumble across it. Well, that was then, and this is now, and Old Californio have returned with their sophomore effort, although there's certainly nothing sophomoric about Westering Again, if you'll pardon the obviousness of such an overused rock cliché. You may already be a fan of some of the bands Old Californio might likely name as influences -- particularly the counter-culture Bay Area bands like Moby Grape, the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service... or a handful of the smokier Topanga Canyon bands further down south, like Canned Heat, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, and Spirit -- and yet...well, they don't really sound like any of these bands if you want to know the truth. Like many of the best bands who released LPs some forty years ago, this new album, (and like Along The Cosmic Grass before it), finds its roots in sounds that once gave Cal
